Operating grants

NOTE: Corrigendum to the guide for applicants and application form for operating grants

Note that the Guide for applicants was corrected on 23 April in the parts related to the number of characters allowed in different fields of the application form.

Under the new Health Programme, the Community can offer support to finance some of the core operating costs for organisations, which promote a health agenda in line with the Programme.

While the aim of a grant for an action is to co-finance this action over a given period and with a specific budget irrespective of the body's other activities, an operating grant is more broadly based. Its purpose is to provide financial support towards the functioning of the body over a certain period, here one year and equivalent to its accounting period in order to carry out a set of activities. Eligible here are non-governmental bodies or specialized networks, which

• are non-profit-making,
• are independent of industry, commercial and business or other conflicting interests,
• are legally established under the law of one of the eligible countries for the Programme,
• have members in at least half of the Member States, with a balanced geographical coverage,
• and pursue as their primary goal one or more objectives of the Programme

They can receive a grant covering up to 60 percent of the eligible costs of their annual activities intended to help achieve an objective forming part of the Health Programme. For submitting a request for an operating grant, please use the following documents:

Note that before submitting a complete application file, you can opt for presenting a simplified pre-proposal first. Rapid feedback will be given to this pre-proposal, enabling you to decide on further investing in the preparation of a full-fledged proposal or not.

• Text of the Call for operating grants
  
  
• Guide for applicants requesting operating grants
  
  
• Pre-proposal Form
  
  
• Application Form (Adobe Reader 7.0 is required)
  
  
• Model grant agreement
  
  
• Work Plan 2008
  
  
• Health Programme (2008-13)

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